Interference No. 102,712 I. Whether evidence adduced by junior party Mehrotra is sufficient to establish a date of invention prior to senior party Augustine’s effective filing date of May 5, 1986. II. If Mehrotra is found to have established a date of invention prior to Augustine’s effective filing date, whether Augustine has adduced sufficient evidence to establish an even earlier date of invention. III. Suzuki motion to designate all of its involved claims as not corresponding to the count (Motion 3: denied). IV. Suzuki motion for judgment that all the involved Augustine claims are unpatentable for failure to satisfy the “best mode” requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph (Motion 5: deferred to final hearing). V. Augustine motion to suppress evidence (Paper No. 191). Each of the parties has presented a testimonial record, submitted exhibits, filed briefs and appeared, through counsel, at final hearing.3 indicated in parentheses. 3The record, exhibits, brief and reply brief of Mehrotra will hereinafter be respectively referred to by the abbreviations “MR”, “MX”, “MB” and “MRB” followed by an appropriate page or exhibit number. Similar abbreviations will be used when referring to the record, exhibits and briefs of Suzuki (SR, SX, SB, SRB) and Augustine (AR, AX, AB, ARB). 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007